In article .com,
"markvictor" wrote:

Your SSB antenna better not be grounded or you'll cook your
radio the first time you send modulation.
SSB signals bounce off ground(called a counterpoise) which is seawater
connected by an RF ground, your bonding and thru hull system, a steel
hull, a metal fuel tank, or a dynaplate. This reflects the ssb signal
skyward.

I just wish that folks who give advice about MF/HF Radio Antenna Systems
ACTUALLY knew what they were talking about BEFORE they posted extainious
BS that has little basis in fact.


Me